Tender… and cruel… real… and surreal… terrifying… and funny – Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom
In an age of CGI and 3D its refreshing to see one of the American cinemas great aesthetics turn to 16mm for his latest project. That the resulting film is of considerable more visual splendour than any of the digital files produced by his contemporaries will be of little surprise to most. Moonrise Kingdom opens … Read more
They Said I Led Too Dull A Life – North By Northwest
It is the simplest of misunderstandings that leads to one of the most perfectly chaotic action films ever made in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest. We’re no doubt all familiar with the tales of a Hitchcock approached by one Ian Fleming in the wake of the success of North By Northwest, so convinced that Hitch … Read more
Today’s the thing, that’s my philosophy – Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow Of A Doubt
Anyone who has studied cinema is likely to be familiar with Shadow Of A Doubt: Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 film is the lead study in Bordwell and Thompson’s ‘Film Art – An Introduction’, with the opening section of the book relying upon the Hitchcock film to introduce a number of key film theory ideas. The film itself … Read more
For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon III
May 13th thru 18th marks the week long Film Preservation Blogathon, and Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second is proud to be involved. The whole thing is in honour of the National Film Preservation Foundation, and over 100 bloggers and writers are said to be involved. This years Blogathon revolves around the work of … Read more
The Masters Of Cinema Summer Slate
We’ve been a little tardy with this quarters Masters Of Cinema schedule, alas a combination of festivals and behind the scenes work has seen us slack off a little in the past week. Alas, we’re back up to speed now, and have a couple of very exciting releases to take a look at from the … Read more
Marvel’s The Avengers – The Hope Lies Review
There’s an appropriate moment in the current issue of The Avengers comic-book (vol. 4 #25) in which an optimistic Thor tells a crestfallen Captain America that he is always at his best when he “bucks the system”. This throwaway frame in an unrelated book sums up Marvels unorthodox path to the big screen perfectly. While … Read more
Musings On The Digital Age & The Future Of Cinema – A Post Inspired By Last Night
Last night saw Mark Cousins bring his rolling launch of The Story Of Film to Sheffield. The screening of a specially edited 70-minute cut of the film was followed by a question and answer session that raised a number of points that have inspired this post. The first point was this idea that Cousins raised that … Read more
Hitchcock at the British Film Institute
News-broadcasters across the land are declaring that today marks “just” 100 days until the start of the London Olympic games. But alas, the most exciting event that will take place in and around the country’s capital has little to do with long-jumps, velodromes and relay batons, with our attention instead turned to the British Film … Read more
You’re dumber than you think I think you are – Roman Polanski’s Chinatown on Blu-ray
I picked up the new Chinatown Blu-ray over the weekend, and felt like I had to say a couple of words on it. In short, the presentation is fantastic. Paramount’s 100th anniversary celebrations are seeing the studio reissue a number of classic titles in high definition. Earlier in the year we had the beautiful and … Read more
This Is Not A Film Review
In July 2009 the Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested and later convicted of “assembly and colluding with the intention to commit crimes against the country’s national security and propaganda against the Islamic Republic”. As punishment he was jailed for 6 years and banned from making films for 20. Last year, alongside fellow filmmaker Mojtaba … Read more
